We upgraded from 4.4.5 to 4.4.6, but the Hosted Engine seems to stay on CentOS Linux.

Should we be converting the hosted engine to CentOS Stream?

Is it safe to follow the procedure at https://www.centos.org/centos-stream/ for this?

Thanks, Regards, Ryan Bullock. On Tue, May 4, 2021 at 8:46 AM Lev Veyde <lveyde(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > The oVirt project is excited to announce the general availability of > oVirt 4.4.6 , as of May 4th, 2021. > > This release unleashes an altogether more powerful and flexible open > source virtualization solution that encompasses hundreds of individual > changes and a wide range of enhancements across the engine, storage, > network, user interface, and analytics, as compared to oVirt 4.3. > Important notes before you install / upgrade > > Please note that oVirt 4.4 only supports clusters and data centers with > compatibility version 4.2 and above. If clusters or data centers are > running with an older compatibility version, you need to upgrade them to at > least 4.2 (4.3 is recommended). > > Please note that in RHEL 8 / CentOS 8 several devices that worked on EL7 > are no longer supported. > > For example, the megaraid_sas driver is removed. If you use Enterprise > Linux 8 hosts you can try to provide the necessary drivers for the > deprecated hardware using the DUD method (See the users’ mailing list > thread on this at > https://lists.ovirt.org/archives/list/users@ovirt.org/thread/NDSVUZSESOXE... > ) > > Rebase on CentOS Stream > > Starting with oVirt 4.4.6 both oVirt Node and oVirt Engine Appliance are > based on CentOS Stream. > > You can still install oVirt 4.4.6 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3, > CentOS Linux 8.3 or equivalent but in order to use cluster level 4.6 you’ll > have to wait for 8.4 to be available. > > Please note that existing oVirt Nodes updating to 4.4.6 will > automatically be based on CentOS Stream. > Documentation > > - > > If you want to try oVirt as quickly as possible, follow the > instructions on the Download <https://ovirt.org/download/> page. > - > > For complete installation, administration, and usage instructions, > see the oVirt Documentation <https://ovirt.org/documentation/>;. > - > > For upgrading from a previous version, see the oVirt Upgrade Guide > <https://ovirt.org/documentation/upgrade_guide/>;. > - > > For a general overview of oVirt, see About oVirt > <https://ovirt.org/community/about.html>;. > > What’s new in oVirt 4.4.6 Release? > > This update is the sixth in a series of stabilization updates to the 4.4 > series. > > This release is available now on x86_64 architecture for: > > - > > Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3 > - > > CentOS Linux (or similar) 8.3 > - > > CentOS Stream 8 > > > This release supports Hypervisor Hosts on x86_64 and ppc64le > architectures for: > > - > > Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3 > - > > CentOS Linux (or similar) 8.3 > - > > oVirt Node NG (based on CentOS Stream 8) > - > > CentOS Stream > > > > oVirt Node and Appliance have been updated, including: > > - > > oVirt 4.4.6: https://www.ovirt.org/release/4.4.6/ > - > > CentOS Stream 8 > - > > Ansible 2.9.20: > https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/stable-2.9/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v... > > - > > Advanced Virtualization 8.4 > > > > See the release notes [1] for installation instructions and a list of new > features and bugs fixed. > > Notes: > > - > > oVirt Appliance is already available for CentOS Stream 8 > - > > oVirt Node NG is already available for CentOS Stream 8 > > > Additional resources: > > - > > Read more about the oVirt 4.4.6 release highlights: > https://www.ovirt.org/release/4.4.6/ > - > > Get more oVirt project updates on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ovirt > - > > Check out the latest project news on the oVirt blog: > https://blogs.ovirt.org/ > > > [1] https://www.ovirt.org/release/4.4.6/ > > [2] https://resources.ovirt.org/pub/ovirt-4.4/iso/ > > -- > > Lev Veyde > > Senior Software Engineer, RHCE | RHCVA | MCITP > > Red Hat Israel > > <https://www.redhat.com> > > lev(a)redhat.com | lveyde(a)redhat.com > <https://red.ht/sig> > TRIED. TESTED. TRUSTED. <https://redhat.com/trusted> > _______________________________________________ > Announce mailing list -- announce(a)ovirt.org > To unsubscribe send an email to announce-leave(a)ovirt.org > Privacy Statement: https://www.ovirt.org/privacy-policy.html > oVirt Code of Conduct: > https://www.ovirt.org/community/about/community-guidelines/ > List Archives: > https://lists.ovirt.org/archives/list/announce@ovirt.org/message/4B4EICOO... > _______________________________________________ Users mailing list -- users(a)ovirt.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave(a)ovirt.org Privacy Statement: https://www.ovirt.org/privacy-policy.html oVirt Code of Conduct: https://www.ovirt.org/community/about/community-guidelines/ List Archives: https://lists.ovirt.org/archives/list/users@ovirt.org/message/LVAER373MGI...